NrMBIS. 117 



diffused to termen at apex ; a terminal series of black points ; the 

 underside whitish, the hair on basal and inner areas tinged with 

 rufous, a dark subterminal shade on costal half. 



2 ■ Fore wing without the black spot above inner margin, the 

 antemedial line mthout black beyond it on inner area, the lines 

 beyond the cell not incm-ved, the postmedial line oblique and not 

 incurved, defined on outer side by red-brown instead of black-brown ; 

 hind wing rather darker. 



Hab. Venezuela, 2 $; Br. Guiana {Bodway), 2^,2$, 

 Potaro E. {Kaye), 4^,2$; Hab. ign., 1 6 type, 1 ? type 

 multilinea. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



7893. Nymbis helvina. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 12.) 



Phurys helvina, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 307 (ISM") ; Druce, Biol. Centr -Am 



Het. i. p. 384. 

 Fhurys helveola, Herr.-Scliiiff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Eegensb. xxiii 



p. 155 (1869). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous suffused with 

 reddish brown ' the hair on fore coxae dark red-brown. Fore wing- 

 greyish ochreous tinged wath red-brown and irrorated with black- 

 brown ; a small round black spot above inner margin before the 

 inwardly oblique antemedial line, which is dark, black-brown below 

 submedian fold, slightly defined on inner side by grey and on outer 

 by a narrow brown band ; a blackish discoidal point placed on an 

 oblique brownish line ; three slightly waved and somewhat oblique 

 brown lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line arising from costa 

 towards apex, oblique and slightly incurved, ochreous defined on 

 inner side by a slight brown line and on outer by dark brown 

 followed by a reddish brown band with the subterminal series of 

 black points on the veins on its outer edge ; the termen with a 

 slight brown shade except towards tornus, a series of blackish 

 points in the interspaces just before termen and a terminal series 

 on the veins. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown ; traces of a 

 brown postmedial line and a dark subterminal shade with dark 

 brown bar at tornus with a pale line before it ; a series of slight 

 dark points in the interspaces just before termen and a terminal 

 series on the veins ; the underside with the hair on basal and inner 

 areas tinged with rufous, a dark subterminal shade. 



2 . Fore wing rather more strongly tinged with red-brown, no 

 black spot above inner margin ; the underside greyer suffused with 

 brown. 



Hab. Mexico, Misantla (Trujillo), 1 $ , Vem Cruz {Godman), 

 1 d, Guerrero, Sien-a Colorada {H. H. Smith), 1 $, Vera Paz, 

 Atoyac {H. H. Smith), 2 6 , Tabasco, Teapa {H. H. Smith), 

 4 6 , Vera Cruz, Cordova (Biimeli), 2 d" , Durango (Forrer), 2 d ; 

 Honduras (Dyson), 1 c? , 1 $ , R- Sarstoon {Blancaneaux),! 6, 

 Ruatan I. {Bodriguez), 1 S ; Guatemala, Zapote {Champion), 

 1 c? , S. Geronimo {Champion), 1 $ , San Isidro {Champion), 2 6 , 

 Cerro Zunil {Champion), 1 $ , Volcan de Atitlan {Champion), 



